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<p>The Serious Violence Strategy published in April last year places a new emphasis
on early intervention and prevention and includes a range of measures to prevent young
people from becoming involved in crime and violence in the first place.</p><p>The
Strategy specifically sets out measures to support schools and young people at risk
of involvement in serious violence, such as commitments to improve guidance to services,
exploring models of partnerships working between schools and police and to work with
the Department for Education to consider the support provided to young people who
are at risk or have been excluded from school. The Strategy further commits to fund
early intervention and prevention initiatives, for example through the Early Intervention
Youth Fund and Anti-Knife Crime Community Fund.</p><p>The Home Secretary chairs the
Serious Violence Taskforce, of which the Department for Education is a member, which
brings together partners within government and across sectors to drive forward implementation
of the Strategy. The Taskforce has discussed a range of issues including young people
in gangs and how services, including the education system, can better identify these
young people. The Inter-Ministerial Group on Serious Violence has also discussed the
issue of vulnerable young people at risk of involvement in serious violence.</p>
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